Van

I.

INTRODUCTION

Acting in propria persona, Kelly Van, filed this lawsuit against respondents James

Cameron, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. (Twentieth Century Fox), Lightstorm Entertainment, Inc. (Lightstorm), Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP (MSK), and Robert

H. Rotstein, a Professional Corporation Inc. (Rotstein). Van's complaint alleged a breach

of contract claim as well as numerous fraud related claims. Although difficult to

understand, Van's complaint appears to be premised on Van's contentions that

respondents made fraudulent statements in an attempt to settle Van's claim that the 2009

film "Avatar" infringed on a book that she authored entitled, "Sheila the Warrior; the

Damned," and that respondents committed fraud in connection with a prior federal action

for copyright infringement, leading to the dismissal of that action.

Respondents filed a special motion to strike pursuant to the anti-SLAPP statute

(Code of Civ. Proc., § 425.16)1 (anti-SLAPP motion). The trial court granted the motion

and struck Van's complaint in its entirety. The trial court subsequently denied Van's

motion to vacate the court's order granting the…